Published in Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu on January 01, 2005
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Immediate postoperative renal function deterioration in cardiac surgical patients predicts in-hospital mortality and long-term survival. J Am Soc Nephrol (2004) 3.63
Verification of data in congenital cardiac surgery. Cardiol Young (2008) 2.84
Variation in outcomes for benchmark operations: an analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 2.67
Outcome of unroofing procedure for repair of anomalous aortic origin of left or right coronary artery. Ann Thorac Surg (2003) 2.64
What is operative mortality? Defining death in a surgical registry database: a report of the STS Congenital Database Taskforce and the Joint EACTS-STS Congenital Database Committee. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 2.59
Report of the 2005 STS Congenital Heart Surgery Practice and Manpower Survey. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 2.50
The influence of surgeon specialty on outcomes in general thoracic surgery: a national sample 1996 to 2005. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 2.49
The complex relationship between pediatric cardiac surgical case volumes and mortality rates in a national clinical database. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 2.37
Nomenclature for congenital and paediatric cardiac disease: historical perspectives and The International Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Code. Cardiol Young (2008) 2.10
Association of pulmonary conduit type and size with durability in infants and young children. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 2.06
Pulmonary valve replacement with a mechanical prosthesis. Promising results of 28 procedures in patients with congenital heart disease. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 2.05
A small post-operative rise in serum creatinine predicts acute kidney injury in children undergoing cardiac surgery. Kidney Int (2009) 2.04
The relation between volume and outcome of coronary interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur Heart J (2010) 2.01
Outcome of pregnancy in women with congenital heart disease: a literature review. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 2.00
National practice patterns for management of adult congenital heart disease: operation by pediatric heart surgeons decreases in-hospital death. Circulation (2008) 1.99
The importance of nomenclature for congenital cardiac disease: implications for research and evaluation. Cardiol Young (2008) 1.92
Chronic ischaemic mitral regurgitation. Current treatment results and new mechanism-based surgical approaches. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2009) 1.89
Surgery for complications of trans-catheter closure of atrial septal defects: a multi-institutional study from the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2010) 1.86
The nomenclature, definition and classification of cardiac structures in the setting of heterotaxy. Cardiol Young (2007) 1.83
Impact of conventional versus biventricular pacing on hemodynamics and tissue Doppler imaging indexes of resynchronization postoperatively in children with congenital heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol (2005) 1.73
Routine mechanical ventricular assist following the Norwood procedure--improved neurologic outcome and excellent hospital survival. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 1.73
What is the preferred therapy for patients with aortic coarctation--the standard gamble and decision analysis versus real results? Cardiol Young (2007) 1.71
Outcomes after the Norwood operation in neonates with critical aortic stenosis or aortic valve atresia. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.65
Databases for assessing the outcomes of the treatment of patients with congenital and paediatric cardiac disease--the perspective of cardiac surgery. Cardiol Young (2008) 1.63
Extent, risk factors, and outcome of fluid overload after pediatric heart surgery*. Crit Care Med (2014) 1.59
The rush to atrial septal defect closure: is the introduction of percutaneous closure driving utilization? Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.59
Scimitar syndrome: a European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA) multicentric study. Circulation (2010) 1.59
Initial application in the EACTS and STS Congenital Heart Surgery Databases of an empirically derived methodology of complexity adjustment to evaluate surgical case mix and results. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 1.56
Neonatal repair of right interrupted aortic arch, aberrant left subclavian artery, ventricular septal defect and retroaortic innominate vein. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2007) 1.53
Comparison of pediatric cardiac surgical mortality rates from national administrative data to contemporary clinical standards. Ann Thorac Surg (2009) 1.50
Congenital heart surgery databases around the world: do we need a global database? Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu (2010) 1.50
The Aristotle score for congenital heart surgery. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu (2004) 1.48
Major infection after pediatric cardiac surgery: external validation of risk estimation model. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.47
Modulation of microRNA expression in human T-cell development: targeting of NOTCH3 by miR-150. Blood (2011) 1.47
Variation in outcomes for risk-stratified pediatric cardiac surgical operations: an analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.46
Quality measures for congenital and pediatric cardiac surgery. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2012) 1.45
Jugular venous valved conduit (Contegra) matches allograft performance in infant truncus arteriosus repair. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2008) 1.45
Vascular thoracic outlet syndrome. Longer posterior rib stump causes poor outcome. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.45
Long-term tricuspid valve prosthesis-related complications in patients with congenital heart disease. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2013) 1.45
The effect of additional pulmonary blood flow on timing of the total cavopulmonary connection. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.44
The evolution of the right anterolateral thoracotomy technique for correction of atrial septal defects: cosmetic and functional results in prepubescent patients. Ann Thorac Surg (2012) 1.43
The challenge of congenital heart disease worldwide: epidemiologic and demographic facts. Semin Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Pediatr Card Surg Annu (2010) 1.43
Pediatric cardiovascular surgery in South america: current status and regional differences. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg (2010) 1.40
The surgeon's work in transition: should surgeons spend more time outside the hospital? Pro. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 1.39
Thrombogenicity and reoperation of the St. Jude Medical Silzone valve: a comparison with the conventional St. Jude Medical valve. J Heart Valve Dis (2003) 1.38
Accuracy of the aristotle basic complexity score for classifying the mortality and morbidity potential of congenital heart surgery operations. Ann Thorac Surg (2007) 1.36
Risk factors associated with mortality and interventions in 472 neonates with interrupted aortic arch: a Congenital Heart Surgeons Society study. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.32
The nomenclature, definition and classification of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Cardiol Young (2006) 1.31
Initial application in the STS congenital database of complexity adjustment to evaluate surgical case mix and results. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.28
Critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: The disproportionate impact of biventricular repair in borderline cases. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2007) 1.23
Nomenclature and databases - the past, the present, and the future : a primer for the congenital heart surgeon. Pediatr Cardiol (2007) 1.20
Results of reparative surgery for tetralogy of Fallot: data from the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Congenital Database. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2012) 1.19
The relationship between hospital surgical case volumes and mortality rates in pediatric cardiac surgery: a national sample, 1988-2005. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.19
Anomalous origin of one pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta. Cardiol Young (2005) 1.18
Systolic and diastolic performance late after the Fontan procedure for a single ventricle and comparison of those undergoing operation at <12 months of age and at >12 months of age. Am J Cardiol (2002) 1.16
Surgically treated primary cardiac tumors in early infancy and childhood. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.13
Surgery for primary cardiac tumors in children: early and late results in a multicenter European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association study. Circulation (2012) 1.12
Lessons learned from the data analysis of the second harvest (1998-2001) of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Congenital Heart Surgery Database. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2004) 1.12
Nomenclature and databases for the surgical treatment of congenital cardiac disease--an updated primer and an analysis of opportunities for improvement. Cardiol Young (2008) 1.11
Liver and cardiac function in the long term after Fontan operation. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.10
Analysis of 14,843 neonatal congenital heart surgical procedures in the European Association for Cardiothoracic Surgery Congenital Database. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.09
Evolution of treatment options and outcomes for hypoplastic left heart syndrome over an 18-year period. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.08